IATA announces leadership succession for Customer, Financial and Digital Services
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Muhammad Albakri, IATA’s Regional Vice President for Africa and the Middle East (AME), will be appointed Senior Vice President for Customer, Financial and Digital Services (CFDS), based in Geneva and effective 1 March 2021. At that time Aleks Popovich, who currently holds the position, will retire. “Over […]
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Minister Bartlett pleased with COVID-19 protocol compliance in Westmoreland
Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett says he is satisfied with the level of compliance with established COVID-19 protocols among tourism entities in the parish of Westmoreland. “I’m very pleased with what I have seen,” said Minister Bartlett following an extensive tour recently to examine large and small hotels and villas and concluding that: […]
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Should You Invest in Bitcoin or Gold? Let’s Find Out
South Africa, 4th August 2020 (Wiredrelease)Over the past few years, Bitcoin has been regarded by many to be the new “digital gold”. It has also been referred to as a safe haven asset to invest in, especially when the markets are under pressure or experiencing huge volatility, such as our present global crisis (COVID-19). There […]
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TAP Air Portugal resumes flights from Munich to Lisbon
Just in time for summer vacation in Bavaria, TAP Air Portugal is resuming its flights from Munich: The Portuguese airline will bring vacationers and business travelers twice a day from Munich Airport to Lisbon. The Portuguese capital belongs to the top 20 travel destinations in Europe for Germans and is the ideal starting point to […]
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Global tourism & leisure industry venture financing deals total $1.09 billion in Q2 2020
Total tourism & leisure industry venture financing deals in Q2 2020 worth $1.09 billion were announced globally. The value marked an increase of 86.6% over the previous quarter and a drop of 39.9% when compared with the last four-quarter average, which stood at $1.91 billion. Comparing deals value in different regions of the globe, North […]
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Melbourne banns all trips outdoor declaring a state of disaster
Australia: Victoria reports 429 new coronavirus cases in latest update today Another 13 more people died from the virus infection overnight Just be wary that more business restrictions/closures are expected to be announced for Melbourne as well. ALtogether Australia registered 18,318 COVID-19 cases and 221 Australian died. After 10,622 recovered it leaves Australia with 7,475 […]
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Rhino Fund Uganda celebrates new birth
Rhino Fund Uganda (RFU)is proud to announce the birth of a healthy female calf on Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary on 2nd August Mother Laloyo & baby Rhoda are both doing well reports Angie Grenade RFU Executive Director. Rhoda is named by an American couple living in Gulu, northern Uganda under the fundraising sponsorship initiative ,’Name a […]
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Africa marks sixty years of dedicated Chimpanzee research
Tanzania and other regional member states of the East African community are marking sixty years of chimpanzee conservation, setting a new path for regional tourism development through visits to chimpanzee communities. Counted the most closer human natural relatives, chimpanzees are mostly found in East and Central Africa in the equatorial and mountain forests, providing the […]
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The killing machine by protesters in Berlin makes Germans angry
Some say 10,000, others say hundreds of thousands of German demonstrators were out on the streets of Berlin today and put 83 million fellow citizens in harm’s way. They all got away with it. The death toll will not be known for another few weeks, but Germans are angry. They are not angry because of […]
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Brazil, a deadly example in the world for tourism and COVID-19
Brazil registered record daily numbers of infections and deaths from the new coronavirus Wednesday, sending its overall death toll surging past 90,000 people. As of today, Brazil registered 2,711,132 cases and 93,659 deaths. 1,884,051 Brazilians recovered, but 732,422 are still active cases with 8,318 considered serious. It converts to 12,747 cases per million, trailing the […]
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